26.9.2006: Meldung: Hansen Natural Increases Share Repurchase Plan

Hansen Natural Increases Share Repurchase Plan
Monday September 25, 7:00 am ET

CORONA, Calif.-- Hansen Natural Corporation (Nasdaq:HANS - News) today announced that its Board of Directors has approved an increase in its current $50 million stock repurchase program to $75 million. The Company has already purchased $27.7 million of stock under the program which was announced on November 14, 2005.

As of September 12, 2006, Hansen Natural Corporation had 89,996,124 shares of common stock outstanding.

Hansen Natural Corporation markets and distributes Hansen"s® Natural Sodas, Signature Sodas, fruit juice Smoothies, Energy drinks, Energade® energy sports drinks, E20 Energy Water®, Sparkling Lemonades and Orangeades, multi-vitamin juice drinks in aseptic packaging, Junior Juice® juice, iced teas, lemonades and juice cocktails, apple juice and juice blends, Blue Sky® brand beverages, Monster Energy® brand energy drinks, Lost® Energy(TM) brand energy drinks, Joker Mad Energy(TM) and Unbound® Energy brand energy drinks, Rumba(TM) brand energy juice, and Fizzit(TM) brand powdered drink mixes. Hansen"s can be found on the Web at www.hansens.com.


Contact:

Hansen Natural Corporation
Rodney C. Sacks, 951-739-6200
Hilton H. Schlosberg, 951-739-6200
or
PondelWilkinson Inc.
Roger S. Pondel/Judy Lin Sfetcu, 310-279-5980

Source: Hansen Natural Corporation